9. Middle Fork of the Vermillion River [Illinois]
Coal ash contaminants are seeping into the river and require clean-up.

10. Kinnickinnic River [Wisconsin]
Hydropower Dams are destroying the habitat and warming the river.

America’s Most Endangered Rivers® highlights ten rivers whose fate will be decided in the coming year, and encourages decision-makers to do the right thing for the rivers and the communities they support.

This year’s list spotlights the battery of threats from the Trump administration and its allies in Congress to clean water and rivers nationwide.